tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213300161401566337.post9158863069510076623..comments2023-10-15T08:31:17.892-07:00Comments on Acti-vettis of the Un-Common Man: The Word-dict is out ?Mr. Ihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16586249606194522280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213300161401566337.post-90349663581062669512009-06-13T12:25:03.335-07:002009-06-13T12:25:03.335-07:00A few (to be precise, 5 of them) comments and ques...A few (to be precise, 5 of them) comments and questions:<br /><br />1. This millionth count includes English words and <b>phrases</b>, so it was fine having "Jai Ho" in the race.<br /><br />2. What is surprising is that "Web 2.0" took the honours as the millionth English word/phrase! Now, with '2.0' in it, is it a word/phrase? Or does the list include English words, phrases and <b>numerals</b>? <br /><br />3. Contradicting my queries in point 2, when "24-7", "3G", "4to", "4WD" and "8vo" can be English words (according to my Concise Oxford English Dictionary), why can't "Web 2.0" be one?<br /><br />4. What the hell is this Global Language Monitor, the root of all this hype about the millionth word? Had you heard of it before? I had not. Their sudden emergence in media seems more like a publicity stunt than anything else!<br /><br />5. I agree that Indian media, of late, has been more particular about less particular things and this is something that poses a dangerous threat to creating biased public opinion on things that we, the public, better not care about! Take, for example, this millionth word hype or the Dhoni-Sehwag rift.Rakesh Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034147409066121272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213300161401566337.post-54836443249192192372009-06-07T08:42:20.042-07:002009-06-07T08:42:20.042-07:00@ Magadhi : I've never mentioned the West part...@ Magadhi : I've never mentioned the West particularly except making references to "The Sun" or "The NY Times" coz I didnt get any Eastern Newspaper on the tip of my tongue :)<br /><br />Any article is arguable. If it's just stating a fact, then I would rather download an article from science-direct and read it! Looking forward to hearing your arguments/rants :)<br /><br />I'm never against appreciating ourselves. I'm just against hyping it up. Coz after the hype, once you fall from grace, you suffer a lot of damage. The same ISC topper who scores a poor JEE rank will come in for a lot of flak for his comments on his JEE rank. But the source : the newspaper correspondent who must have prodded a statement out of the poor chap. either that , or he needs my consultancy for PR :)<br /><br />I hope it's the latter (hypocritically as you may say)!Mr. Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586249606194522280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213300161401566337.post-72519583186772585052009-06-07T07:51:52.098-07:002009-06-07T07:51:52.098-07:00Star Trek was Masala Flick da....
Anyway Hifunda...Star Trek was Masala Flick da....<br /><br />Anyway Hifunda people journalist and all.....<br />Write 'because' and not coz :P<br /><br />Other than that, nice article, but it sounds slisha hypocritic because I can always argue back, why should we look back to the west to laud us and why can't we appreciate ourselves for what we have achieved. :P Anyway, I can rant on that some other day :)Boneywasawarriorwayayixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309739203770409258noreply@blogger.com